Population ageing and the Australian economy

Monday, 20 October 2014

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor, Christopher Kent, has today given a speech to the Leading Age Services Australia National Congress on the impacts of population ageing on the Australian economy.

Kent identifies three causes of population ageing:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.